Three volume set with 367 full-page colour plates. Large folio. Hardbacks. Contents in fine condition. Original blind decorated cream leather bindings in fine condition, each volume housed in original publisher s cardboard case. One of 1,450 sets, this set one of 50 reserved for Folio Society members with their prospectus loosely inserted. Deluxe facsimile of the first edition of one of the greatest flower books in existence. Published in Nuremberg in 1613, Hortus Eystettensis is the most impressive of the early 17th century florilegia . The work was published under the patronage of Johann Conrad von Gemmingen, Bishop of Eichstatt, in whose garden most of the plants were grown (Rix). Seller Inventory # 63844

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Title: Hortus Eystettensis.

Publisher: Fac. Ed. Pub. Aboca Museum Edizioni. 2006

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

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A bookseller in Hay-on-Wye (Town of Books) dealing only in Natural History, Gardening, Botany, Ornithology and Beekeeping. Our hours of business are Monday to Friday 9.30am to 5pm and Saturdays 9.30am to midday. Outside these hours, we have an answerphone service. You can visit us. We buy and sell books in these subject areas. Established in 1980. We also sell by issuing catalogues 3 or 4 times a year. We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association (ABA). C.Arden Bookseller The Nursery, Forest Road, Hay-on-Wye, .HR3 5DT United Kingdom Tel. No.: 01497 820471 Email: ardenbooks@btinternet.com

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